The day had to come and it did. Yesterday, February 8, Shakira testified by video conference on the occasion of the second imputation for tax fraud opened in Spain against her: the court of inquiry no. 2 of Esplugues de Llobregat admitted to procedure in July a complaint filed by the Prosecutor’s Office for two alleged crimes against the public treasury regarding property taxes and personal income tax for the year 2018. “It is another step in the pressure” of the AEAT, the artist declared in the deposition, as El País reported yesterday. Shakira has fewer arguments for the defense than in November, when she had to answer for six crimes related to the same taxes between the years 2012 and 2014. Although the initial option was to try to prove that at that time her tax residence was not in our country, he agreed to sign a pact with the Prosecutor’s Office to plead guilty and avoid any risk of imprisonment. However, there is no doubt that in 2018, with two children in school, she lived in Esplugues de Llobregat (Baix Llobregat).
This leak coincides with the line of argument outlined by the defense, which represents the penal office of Pau Molins, when this second investigation for alleged tax fraud became known on July 20: “Once again, as happens all these years, it is through the media as the singer learned of the filing of this complaint, which has evidenced the media and reputational pressure to which she is subjected. As has been communicated on numerous occasions, Shakira defends having always acted in accordance with the law and under the advice of the best tax experts. Now she is focused on her artistic life in Miami, she is calm and confident in the favorable resolution of the tax affairs”.
This time, the Colombian singer is accused of defrauding six million euros, and on the contrary, she now has a record.
